● Newspaper graphic designer:
Graphic designers who work in newspapers generally have fixed working hours. The graphic designer of the daily newspaper works from afternoon to eleven o'clock in the evening, and the graphic designer of the evening newspaper works from morning to afternoon. Graphic designers have to edit their pages quickly within two to two hours after the deadline, so the working hours are stressful and the pace is tight. Generally, they need considerable experience to meet the requirements of printing time closely, which is not suitable for newcomers.
Most newspapers employ graphic designers with some experience. The average monthly salary is about 30,000-40,000, and the senior year is about 50,000-60,000. But in recent years, because newspapers pay more and more attention to the visual richness of layout, even the director's salary of graphic designers in some newspapers can be as high as several hundred thousand yuan.
● Graphic designer of magazine or publishing house:
The job nature of graphic designers in magazines and publishing houses is very similar. Because they are published regularly, not every day, the work pressure is not as great as that of newspapers, and most of them are in the form of team work, which disperses the pressure of centralized editing after the deadline and before publication. In order to save personnel costs, more and more magazines and publishing houses contract some non-time pages or specific books to outside studios for execution.
Graphic designers of magazines and publishing houses may stay up all night before publication and work very fixed hours. In addition, because we must follow a fixed typesetting style, in addition to creative artists or cover designers, in order to reduce costs, fresh people are sometimes used for typesetting. The salary of graphic designers in magazines and publishing companies is slightly lower than that in newspapers, and the average monthly salary is about 20,000-40,000 yuan.
● Graphic designers of advertising or design companies:
Graphic designers of advertising or design companies mostly make finished products such as advertisements, posters or leaflets, and organize a lot of books. Working hours are fixed, but it is inevitable to stay up late before handing in the manuscript and closing the case. Generally speaking, advertisements or poster designs are mostly experienced and creative art designs, and the salary is also high, about 50 thousand to 60 thousand yuan.
● Set up your own studio;
Because graphic designer is a creative job with personal style, many graphic designers leave the organization and set up personal studios to take over cases after accumulating certain experience. In addition, in order to meet the customized market demand tailored for customers, more and more advertising, publishing or design companies outsource cases to graphic designers with different design styles after receiving them. It is best to have stable customers and case sources in order to maintain a certain income.